[ALOCHONA] Jamaat: Nizam arrested in late night raid

Nizami arrested in late night raid
Courtesy New Age 19/5/08

Law enforcers on Sunday night arrested former industries minister and chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Matiur Rahman Nizami, at his Bara Maghbazar apartment.
Metropolitan sessions judge Azizul Haque on May 15 ordered his arrest as an accused in the GATCO graft case.
Large contingents of police and intelligence personnel in plainclothes, led by deputy commissioner of Ramna zone, Atiqul Islam, cordoned off the Green Valley Apartment located at 493, Bara Maghbazar, Wireless Rail Gate at around 9:45pm.
Police officials along with some intelligence personnel in plainclothes entered his flat on the fourth floor of the apartment along with the warrant at around 9:55pm and came out taking Nizami with them at around 11:15pm.
Some three platoons of law enforcers took position in the surroundings as leaders and activists of the party gathered at the entrance to the apartment and the party office.
As Nizami walked towards the police vehicle parked 30 yards from his apartment, the party activists chanted slogans.
The law enforcers also conducted a raid at the house of, MK Anwar, another former minister, at Elephant Road Sunday night but failed to nab him as he was out of home.
Meanwhile, Jamaat has announced a four-day programme of Nawfil fasting and feeding the poor across the country seeking divine intervention to protect the nation from ‘conspiracy and repression’, Jamaat secretary general Ali Ahsan Mujahid told a press conference at the party office Sunday afternoon.
Earlier on the day, two other accused in the GATCO scam case – BNP stalwarts Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan and Shamsul Islam – were sent to jail after they surrendered to the court.
Charged under the Emergency Power Rules that denies an accused bail, Nizami moved the High Court on the day seeking bail. The High Court, however, summarily rejected the prayer. Nizami’s counsel Abdur Razzaque then rushed to the Appellate Division seeking stay of the High Court order. The Appellate Division chamber judge referred the matter to the full court for hearing on May 20.

 

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